While Marchione said she supports certain parts of the gun law, such as preventing criminals and people with serious mental illnesses from owning guns and giving schools additional funding in order to boost security, she said she believes the law weakens the Second Amendment rights of New Yorkers.

"I don't think it will prevent another tragedy," Marchione said about the law. "If I did, I would have been the first one to vote 'yes.' "

Marchione was joined by the rest of Saratoga County's representatives in the state Legislature -- Sen. Hugh Farley and Assemblymen James Tedisco, Dan Stec and Tony Jordan -- in voting against the bill.

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Sen. Hugh Farley (R-Schenectady), the longest tenured senator in the New York Senate, said he is impressed by the overwhelming response to Marchione's petition. Over the past few days, his office has gotten nearly 800 phone calls and letters from people who oppose the new gun law. He said only about 20 people contacted his office to say they support the law.

Rep. Tony Jordan (R-Jackson) says the phones in his offices have been ringing off the hook over the past few days as well. He says most of the calls are from people in his district.

While Jordan said he doesn't think the law will be repealed and replaced anytime soon, he does think the petition is sending a "clear message across the country."

"It is telling to me, this dialogue is not over, and I think that's good because I think there needs to be a dialogue," Jordan said Wednesday.

He said the speed with which the bill was passed raises a lot of questions. "Have we really thought this through? What is going to be revealed? Is it going to make it safer for people?"

The goal of the petition is to repeal and replace the restrictive gun control measures that make up part of the new law and separate them from other parts of the law like providing schools with extra funding to enhance security for students.

Marchione said her petition quickly went viral with a relatively small amount of coverage from the press.

"We had very little newspaper coverage ... it was just a Facebook post and a couple of tweets," Marchione said in a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon.

The petition is currently averaging 1,300 new signatures every hour, Marchione said.

The senator said one of her main concerns about the new law is the fact that the public had no opportunity to give input on it. There were no public hearings or forums held before the law was passed; it was quickly shepherded through the Legislature just days after it was proposed by Cuomo.

"I think anything is possible," Marchione said about reaching her goal of repealing and replacing the restrictive gun law. "When I was campaigning, I told them I would be their voice and I would be their vote, and that is what I'm going to do."

"I can't say what will move other legislators to look at the repeal of some of the provisions; I can only take some time and see how many people are signing up and agree with it, and then we will move forward after that," Marchione said.

She said she is curious to see how many signatures on the petition already are from New York residents, and has requested a query from the computer services company managing the petition.

Marchione said in a press release that if the petition does not "change hearts and minds" of the governor and legislators, she will "take legal action challenging the new law on constitutional grounds."

However, she would not say specifically what form that legal action might take.

"This continued, dramatic expansion of the nanny state is a threat to liberty and it needs to stop," Marchione said in the release.